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Summer Reading Challenge for Kids 2027, 1 June – 31 August
Read through the summer of 2027, 1 June to 31 August: 20 books if you are 5 to 7, 12 books if you are 8 to 10, and 8 longer books from 11 up. Every book puts a spine on your summer shelf.
The rules
How many books to the finish line depends on how old the reader is:
- 5 to 7 (about kindergarten to 2nd grade): 20 books
- 8 to 10 (about 3rd to 5th grade): 12 books
- 11 and up (about 6th grade and up): 8 books
What counts. Any book read from start to finish: a Peabody story, a book from the library or a shelf at home, a chapter book finished over several days. For readers 5 to 7, a book a grown-up reads aloud counts too, and a favourite read again on another day counts again.
The finish. The last spine fills the shelf, and the certificate is yours to print. Never for part of the way.
Who it is for. Readers 5 to 18. Twenty books in thirteen weeks is about one or two a week for a kindergartner; eight is about one every eleven or twelve days for a middle schooler with a long book.
The tracker opens for logging on the first day. You can start it now, pick a reader and print the chart for the fridge.
How the tracker works
- Pick your animal. Brothers and sisters each pick their own, up to six on one device, and nobody types a name.
- Tap Log a book and tap the book: a Peabody story at your level, a book from one of Peabody's kids' lists, a book from a series, or, with a grown-up, a book from somewhere else.
- Watch the picture fill. Read on more than one day in a row and the dots show your streak.
- Print the chart or your log at any time. The certificate lights up at the finish line, and only there.
Everything is kept on this device. Nothing a child logs is sent anywhere: Peabody counts that a book was logged in this challenge, and nothing about the book or the reader.
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Running this with a class or a club? Print the class wall chart (thirty readers, ten squares each) for the classroom version; the leaders' page has the sign-up sheet and the class log. Need a book? What should I read next asks three questions.